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Jun 24, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories My Marriage Fell Apart When I Caught My Wife Kissing Another Woman | Wistaloom Hey everyone, welcome to Wistloom — where real stories grab you by the soul and never let go. I’m Mike, and today I’m sharing one of the most raw and personal chapters of my life: the heartbreak of discovering my wife Lisa was kissing another woman named Jenna, how it shattered my world, and the painful journey of betrayal, forgiveness, and moving forward. From 16 years of marriage and family life to the unexpected twists that changed everything, this story dives deep into trust, love, and resilience. If you’ve ever faced heartbreak, tough choices, or the struggle to heal, this one’s for you. Grab a coffee, get comfy, and listen as I tell the full story — from the shock in that diner to new beginnings, hard confrontations, and the road to peace. If this story resonates, please like, comment, and subscribe for more real-life stories that hit home. And share your own stories below — I’d love to hear from you.
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hey there folks welcome to Wistloom
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where we share stories that grab you by
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the soul and don't let go i'm Mike and
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today I'm going to tell you about a
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chapter of my life that's raw messy and
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full of lessons I never saw coming it's
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a story about me my ex-wife Lisa and a
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woman named Jenna who turned my world
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upside down so grab a coffee get comfy
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and let's dive into this roller coaster
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picture this it's the fall of 2007 and
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I'm just a regular guy living in a small
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town outside Columbus Ohio i've been
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married to Lisa for 14 years and we've
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got two incredible kids Claire who's 13
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and Ava who's 11 lisa and I go way back
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16 years total if you count the two
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years we dated before saying I do i
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thought we had it all figured out a cozy
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split level house family movie nights
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cheering at the kids' soccer games i was
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dead sure we'd be that old couple
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sipping lemonade on a porch swing
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someday you know the whole till death do
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us part deal but life's got a funny way
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of flipping the script it all started
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one crisp Friday evening i was supposed
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to be on a work trip pitching machine
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parts to factories up in Michigan the
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trip went smoother than expected so I
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closed my deals early and decided to
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head home a day ahead of schedule eager
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to surprise Lisa and the girls i'd been
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driving for hours so I pulled off the
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highway at this little diner about an
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hour from home a place called Hanks
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Hideaway tucked between cornfields and
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gas stations i figured I'd grab a burger
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maybe a chocolate shake and take a break
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before the final stretch that's when
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everything I thought I knew fell apart
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i'm sitting in a vinyl booth checking
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emails on my phone when I glance up and
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see her Lisa my wife at a corner table
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laughing with someone not just anyone
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though it's a woman maybe late 20s with
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long blonde hair and this easy confident
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smile they're leaning close sharing
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fries their eyes locked like no one else
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exists and then they kiss not a friendly
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peck but a deep heartpounding kiss the
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kind you see in romcoms
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my chest tightens and it's like the
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diner goes silent i'm gripping my menu
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staring at my wife of 14 years kissing
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another woman in a dive an hour from our
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town i didn't know what to do part of me
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wanted to storm over slam my fist on the
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table and demand answers but I just sat
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there frozen my dad always taught me you
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never raise a hand to a woman no matter
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how mad you are so I stayed glued to my
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seat my burger getting cold lisa and
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this woman they were in their own world
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giggling stealing kisses between sips of
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soda it was clear they picked this place
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to stay off the grid nobody from our
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town would be out here i ordered a slice
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of pie ate it slow and watched them my
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stomach twisting with every second my
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head was spinning i went from curious to
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shocked to straight up furious i thought
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about confronting them maybe yelling to
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let off steam but I didn't i just sat
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there feeling like the biggest chump
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alive lisa and I had been together for
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16 years and I never saw this coming she
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never hinted at being into women never
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gave me a clue in any late night
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heartto-he heart i thought I knew her
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her favorite coffee order her dreams of
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opening a bakery someday i was so wrong
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i paid my bill walked to my car and
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drove home taking the scenic route to
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clear my mind the whole time I'm asking
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myself "How long has this been going on
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did I miss something do the kids know?"
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Clare and Ava are old enough to pick up
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on weird vibes but they never said
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anything off when I got home it was 9:00
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p.m and Lisa wasn't there the girls
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tackled me with hugs thrilled I was back
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early but I was barely there my mind
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stuck on that kiss replaying it like a
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bad movie lisa rolled in around 11:30
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looking a little too put together like
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she'd fixed her makeup in the car she
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saw my truck in the garage and played it
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cool asking why I was home early saying
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she would have cooked a big dinner if
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she'd known i nodded keeping my voice
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steady but I noticed her avoiding my
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eyes
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she mentioned grabbing sandwiches
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downtown with Jenna a friend from work
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yeah Jenna the woman from the diner i
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didn't call her out i mumbled something
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about being wiped and headed to bed but
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sleep wasn't happening i stared at the
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ceiling wondering how my life ended up
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here the next few days were brutal i
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barely spoke to Lisa just went through
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the motions for Clare and Ava i was
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angry hurt and stuck in this loop of
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second-guessing myself what did I do to
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push her away was I not enough i kept
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replaying our marriage searching for
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signs I missed lisa was always a flirt
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sure but nothing that screamed she was
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into women we had a solid life date
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nights at the local Italian place summer
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trips to Lake Erie the works or so I
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thought i found out Jenna was 27 a new
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hire at the insurance agency where Lisa
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worked they hit it off fast became
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buddies and somewhere along the way it
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turned into something more
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lisa was 39 still a stunner blonde with
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curves that could stop traffic she'd put
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on maybe 10 lb since we met but it only
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made her more beautiful at least to me i
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always thought she was mine you know my
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partner my home but now she was sharing
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that with someone else i couldn't let it
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slide a week later I had Lisa served
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with divorce papers at her office was it
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a low blow maybe but I wanted her to
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feel even a fraction of the ache I was
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carrying my phone lit up 15 calls from
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her plus a few from numbers I didn't
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recognize probably her friend's phones i
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ignored everyone when I got home that
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evening she was waiting eyes red voice
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shaking she yelled about how I
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embarrassed her in front of her
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co-workers i just looked at her calm as
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I could and said "I saw you with Jenna
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at Hank's hideaway how long has this
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been going on?" She froze then broke
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down she admitted it had been 6 months 6
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months of sneaking around lying to my
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face she said they were planning to tell
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me soon like that made it better i
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laughed a bitter hollow sound and asked
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how she could do this she tried to
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explain saying she'd only recently
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realized she was attracted to women that
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it just happened
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she even asked for my support to figure
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this part of herself out i was floored
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figure it out you've been living a
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double life for half a year and you want
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me to hold your hand through it i told
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her trust isn't about gender it's about
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keeping your word she broke our vows end
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of story i wasn't going to stick around
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while she played house with someone else
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i moved out the next week rented a small
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apartment 15 minutes away and tried to
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start over it hurt like nothing I'd ever
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felt but I had to protect myself
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the kids were the hardest part they
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didn't know about Lisa and Jenna they
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thought Jenna was just mom's friend i
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kept things normal for them showing up
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for their school plays and soccer
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practices but seeing Lisa and Jenna
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together at Ava's birthday party that
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was like a punch to the gut i threw
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myself into work selling parts hitting
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quotas but the loneliness crept in about
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a year later in 2008 I went to the local
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animal shelter and adopted a German
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Shepherd named Buddy he was around three
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with these big sad eyes that seemed to
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carry the weight of the world he'd been
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at the shelter longer than any other dog
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passed over time and again i saw myself
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in him cast aside a little broken we
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clicked right away buddy became my
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sidekick my confidant he didn't say much
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but he'd curl up next to me on the couch
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listening while I vented about life time
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marched on in 2014 Clare got married and
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I walked her down the aisle my chest
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swelling with pride but my mind haunted
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by memories of Lisa and Jenna i kept it
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together but seeing them at the
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reception laughing like they didn't have
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a care stung deep then in 2017 Ava got
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engaged and I decided I wasn't going to
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that wedding solo
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that's when I met Megan a co-orker who'd
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been a friend for years she was 42
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blonde with a laugh that could light up
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a room she'd split from her husband a
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few years back and we started hanging
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out grabbing coffee catching movies it
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turned into something more megan was
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like a fresh start she passed Buddy's
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sniff test which was no small feat and
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we had a blast together dinner dates at
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steakouses dancing to oldies at local
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bars i asked her to be my date to Ava's
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wedding and she said yes lisa wasn't
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thrilled shooting me annoyed glances all
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weekend but I didn't care megan and I
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got married in 2018 and for the first
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time in a decade I felt like I could
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exhale but in 2020 I got a call that
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rocked me i'd signed up for the bone
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marrow registry back in the '90s forgot
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all about it they called saying I was a
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match for someone i was stoked saving a
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life count me in but then through a
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strange twist I found out the recipient
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was Jenna yeah that Jenna the woman who
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torn my marriage apart i was furious
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this woman who stole my wife shattered
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my trust never even apologized now I was
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supposed to save her life i called the
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registry and backed out they were
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stunned they said people almost never do
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that megan was livid when I told her she
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thought I was being petty letting
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bitterness cloud my judgment i tried to
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explain it wasn't about revenge it was
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about shielding myself from more hurt
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i'd already given Lisa and Jenna too
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much of me megan wouldn't drop it she
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set up this dinner with Lisa Jenna and
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the kids to confront me i walked in saw
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them all there and knew it was an ambush
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they begged me to reconsider clare
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called me stubborn said I was acting
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childish lisa brought up our past saying
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"If I ever loved her I'd do this for
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her." Jenna looked at me with these
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desperate hollow eyes pleading "Please
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don't let me die." It was the toughest
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moment of my life i looked at Jenna and
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said "No." I didn't feel triumph or
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relief just emptiness i walked out left
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my wedding ring on the kitchen table and
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didn't come back for 3 days
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megan and I divorced a few months later
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in early 2021 jenna passed away in
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August 2021 i saw it in the local papers
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obituary i didn't lose sleep over it the
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registry dropped me and I was okay with
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that years passed i focused on work
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buddy and keeping my head above water in
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2024 Lisa got sick and passed away ava
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called to invite me to the funeral i
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went sat in the back kept to myself lisa
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and I had 15 good years two amazing kids
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i felt like I owed her that respect
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after the service I met up with Clare
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Ava their husbands and my grandkids at a
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diner nearby hoping to reconnect 3
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minutes in Clare brought up Jenna asking
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why I let her die i shut it down told
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them I wasn't proud of my choice but I
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wasn't ashamed either jenna didn't
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deserve my compassion after what she did
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i loved their mom once but when she
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broke my trust it changed me i told them
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I'm just a guy not a villain and life's
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complicated i looked at my girls and
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said "We keep going." And we do i'm 62
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now living with Buddy in a quiet
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apartment i've got my gals single women
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my age who keep things light no strings
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attached i don't talk to Clare and Ava
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much but I hold out hope we'll rebuild
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that bridge someday for now I'm at peace
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me and Buddy taking life one day at a
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